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Here we go again with a new update. The set it isn’t a great one for Cube, but there are some good cards that deserve a test.

Frantic Scapegoat is an interesting one drop, with some utility in mid-late game giving some evasion to your bigger threats.

Aftermath Analyst comes to bring more support to golgari decks. This is a guild that in many past updates suffered many cuts, because their cards were the weakest compared with the others. But Analyst has potential to a good one. It's cheap, has a decent body to stop aggro and a good mill effect with a late game utility. It's also an elf, if you want another one to pair with Imperious Perfect. The sacrifice ability to return your milled lands to the battlefield doesn't sinergize with Worm Harvest, but this guy doesn't go in that deck. Jade Mage it's a card that doesn't have the glow it had some time ago, as you can see in the Average Peasant Cube 2023, and while I like it for Selesnya tokens or even for ramp or flash decks as a mana sink, I understand people thinks that paying three mana to make a 1/1 is expensive. This is just a first step to help golgari a little more, we'll see what new cards come whith future sets.

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma and Surrak, the Hunt Caller are here to reinforce midrange decks. I have to admit I'm not a big fan of Goreclaw. 4 mana creatures with low toughness and a "do nothing until your next turn" textbox are not exciting in my opinion. But the reward is big if the bear survives, ramping you and giving a small boost and trample to your creatures. This is more a test than a staple to me. Surrak looks better. At least he passes the Lightning Bolt test, and there are chances you achieve the Formidable clause when he enters the battlefield.

Kiora, Behemoth Reckoner comes back to the Cube. This is not because Troyan, Gutsy Explorer has been a bad card, it's just because Kiora has more sinergy with enchantments for lands, like Arbor Elf. My drafters prefer Kiora to Troyan, so there we go again.

Scuttling Sentinel is an excellent addition for any green and/or blue deck. You don't have to be playing flash or +1/+1 counters to see the goodness of this elf. Also, having hybrid mana, this card increases the number of green creatures with flash, something I'm always waiting for to add.

Replacing Mana Confluence with Escape Tunnel is just because, since I removed the Shrines, there wasn't a true reason to have more rainbow lands than City of Brass.

And the surveil lands are strictly better Temples that work better with graveyard strategies.